Ruby's homemade valentines blow away while she is walking to school, but she figures out a way to give everyone a valentine anyway.

Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read.

A young cowboy and his younger brother spend an action-packed day at their Grandmother's place.

In the forest, a group of animals help a runaway slave escape his pursuers.

More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.

When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.

"An ailing grandfather and his helpful granddaughter play a unique game of seek and find"--

Because she has a terrible singing voice, fourth-grader Sassy must use a different talent to be part of her school's musical performance on the importance of saving our planet. Includes "Fifteen ways that you can help save our earth."